Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-27
DEMOCRATIC TRICKERY.

Hypocritical Howl Which VIII Fail
to Count.
As for the metropolitan police bill and
its being put In force in Wichita, we have
the Democrats to thank. In their efforts te
nullify the laws Of the state and to cripple
the msyor In his attempts to close up the
| Joints and disreputable places a con
spiracy was entered into whereby all ordin
ances bearing on the sale of liquor were re-
nealed. Then came what has proved sc
unnleasant to the many. The records OF
the council show who was responsible fol
that conspiracy. In no sense can the he
publican party be held for that blunder
Democratic leaders can be. But for these
democrats the innocent would net have
been made to suffer with the guilty. Now
thew turn about and taking advantage OF
state of affairs brought on by themselves
howl tyranny" ''it's un-American. Their
pretended indignation doesn't fool any
bodv. So far as the Democratic party OF
Sedgwick county is concerned, SO far as
the leaders Of that party In this city are
concerned, they have simply been tickled to
death over the metropolitan police
business. They took the very steps that
brought 1t about and have done nothing
but rejoice over the matter secretly ever
since. They have tried to use 1t as lever
to turn life long Republicans over into the
support of Democratic party nominees. Ii
the city council of Wichita had been thor
oughly Republican there would have been
no police commission named for Wichita,
and to elect the Democratic ticket this fall
and for hundred years to come, would not
better. but only render the situation worse
and more hopeless. They are now out In
speeches, addresses and long editorials
bowling about stink which they stirred up
themselves; which Is all their own, and
which would never have been heard OF but
for the fact that they saw an opportunity
to divide the Republican party and hold
their own party intact. There may now
and then be found weak kneed Repubi,
can who will be fooled by this insane
racket, but there are greater number OF
Democrats whose moral decency will CON-
pei them to vote the Republican ticket.
While the EAGLE don't Ike the police COM
mission business we don't know OF a
Republican ! who does-the EAGLE
nevertheless, Is not blind to the
fact that 1t was brought upon us
by Democrats and In the interests OF a
class of men whose sole desire was to evade
and violate state law, and the very con-
stitution Of the state Itself, which was
adopted by the people, and for the sole
purpose and In the hope of making men
better, of encompassing permanent good
for humanity. When 1t Is figured right
down, the Democratic party would sacri-
fee all this and disintegrate the RepublI-
can party-the party OF freedom-only
that Democrats might hold the offices.
But from all over the county the cheer
ing word comes to us that the Republican
forces are In line. 1t Is much easier to
correct misstep than to take a step back
ward. The crucial test Of intelligence Is
an adherence to principle. The party
guilty of all the political crimes from the
bred Scott decision down to the stealing of
the governments forts and arsenals is not
the party to Instruct loyal Republicans as
to what Is their duty or In what true prin-
ciples consist. The hope Of this nation
hangs upon keeping alive Re
publican principles, which cannot live or
succeed in the absence Of party and party
fealty. This talk Of party bondage" and
party lash" from lot Of old political
ROSTERS, who held that to keep a whole
race In slavery was "divine right" Is
disgusting to sensible men. Party rela-
tons are sacred, because they represent life
and power for good. This same Demo
cratic party howled as loudly against Lin
coin for calling upon patriots to put down
a rebellion as they now howl against laws
for the protection of the home, the weak
and the dependent. The Democratic party
of today Is just what 1t has always been, a
party of spoils, having gained nothing In
wisdom, nothing in loyalty, nothing In
love for the emblem which means not only
equality and freedom, but that the major
fly shall rule.
Wichita Is aiming to establish packing
house, with capacity of 1900 hogs per
day. At that rate Wichita would soon be
depopulated. Topeka Journal.
Your estimate of our source OF supply
based upon the makeup Of your own com
munity explains why Topeka does not
want pork packing establishment. The
explanation Is not new to Us, but Is accept